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Rhyme 'n' Reason #1269478
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These puzzles came from an old page-a-day desk calendar.

Find rhymes for each grouping so that the all-caps word or phrase becomes a category and the following three words become specific items in that category.

Example DEBILITY: fluke, princes, ring - - NOBILITY: duke, princess, king

= 1. LUMBER: delve, dirty, Haiti

= 2. GRANITE: genus, mirth, pattern

= 3. SKITTISH FIGHTER: tardy, Boston, chickens

= 4. BREEZE: Buddha, redder, freedom

= 5. TOPICAL SUIT: tango, peewee, lava

= 6. TOWER: lazy, faster, knows

= 7. DREAM COURT: thicket, rocky, solo

= 8. PLAID FEATHER: jail, wheat, wizard

= 9. TRACTOR BOMB: Manx, snooze, relic

= 10. SWORD FAME: bless, crow, wreckers

= 11. PIG FAT: shepherd, Geiger, Brian

= 12. REASON: king, plumber, sprinter

= 13. SHODDY CHART: gist, rankle, speck

= 14. NOW PHONES STOP DIRTY EMBER: geyser, psyche, disco

luck

Re: Rhyme 'n' Reason [Re: Helmer] #1269479
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1. Number: twelve, thirty, eighty wave

Re: Rhyme 'n' Reason [Re: Helmer] #1269480
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Re: Rhyme 'n' Reason [Re: Helmer] #1269484
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Another eight correct entries; thank you, everyone. Five to go. yes

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Re: Rhyme 'n' Reason [Re: Helmer] #1269555
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